Morning mummies!
Connie,
Thanks for sharing the link. The "Playground On a Cruise" is so cool! But wonder where it is cos it's mentioned in the blog. Other places we have more or less been to/heard of.
Flower4,
No worries. Since your son is taking rice okay, didn't cause him any tummy upset or indigestion (bloated tummy etc), then it's okay what. It's only the time taken for a meal is too long right, then you can consider to cook the rice till very soft, or give soupy rice and see how well he takes it, if he can take these or porridge faster than rice, maybe it's an indication that he is not quite ready for rice? If he still takes the same timing, then it's not the food, it's something else.
Jul,
No no, I don't mean to let him continue to beat people. But kids this age don't know that beating people is not a right thing to do, and I am sure they don't do it on purpose. They thought he is playing with you, like he is doing it for fun? What I mean by not disciplining is that I don't scold/beat my kids when they do it, but rather, I would distract them to do something else. And when they beat again (or do whatever thing they are not suppose to do), don't react, stay cool and distract them to something else. The more you react, the more he can remember that this trick works on mummy, so he does it again. If he beats people when he is angry, then to me it's okay, cos kids need to let off their emotion also, so quickly give him a big hug, stroke him a bit, talk to him, and distract him with something else. For my #1, every though he now understands that beating people is not right, he still beats us occasionally when he is really angry with us (luckily never do it for fun, thankfully), but that's the way he let off his emotion, we have to acknowledge his anger and soothe him down immediately. Just to share
RE: Childcare
Oh yes, falling sick is something you really really really need to consider. It's really no joke. Almost all kids would fall sick frequently, like 1-2 times a month for the first few months, when they start attending cc. It's those common flu and cough thingy. It's inevitable. For my #1 peers, a few of the mummies withdrew their kids after 2-3 months they started attending cc when they were 18 months, cos their kids became very ill, like coughing very badly for a long term period. If you have a choice, maybe keep your kids at home till he/she is 2 years old, or when you feel he/she is strong enough to fight the bugs (I don't know how to tell). They younger they are, the more susceptible they are to the bugs flying around in the cc.
